PEOPLE v. GONZALES

No. 82SA18.

666 P.2d 123 (1983)

PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Leroy C. GONZALES, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis E. Faulk, Dist. Atty., Canon City, Steven B. Rich, Deputy Dist. Atty., Fairplay, for plaintiff-appellant.

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Charles F. Kaiser, Deputy State Public Defender, Diana L. DeGette, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


NEIGHBORS, Justice.

The People appeal the district court's order granting judgment of acquittal at the close of all the evidence.1 We conclude that the ruling was erroneous and disapprove the judgment entered by the trial court.2

I.

The defendant was charged in the Fremont County District Court with possession of contraband3 (a homemade knife), and two counts of...

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